So, noodling around on Twitter today to amuse myself I started the #DNDSongs hashtag. Beginning with the idea that had started the whole mess (‘I Had 99 Goblins But A Lich Ate One’), I spent a good deal of time interacting with the Twitter crowd to create song titles, largely based on fairly naff Dungeons and Dragons specific puns. A lot of people came up with some good stuff (if you dig that kind of thing) and it’s worth checking out the hashtag if you’re capable and so inclined.

William Mollinari (@WJMollinari) came up with the title of “A New Orc State of Mind” however, and I found it so compelling I ended up writing the whole thing. Reproduced now, for posterity, below:

A New Orc State Of Mind

Some orcs like to get away

Find a siege to lay

Or burn down a wood

Pick a fight with a rival clan

Or a force of good

But I’m takin’ a Hell Hound

Down the dungeon’s steep decline

I’m in a new orc state of mind.

Mmmhmmn

I’ve served under evil stars

Seen the battle scars

On their skins of green

Been down in the caverns

Tortured by pit fiends

But I know what I’m needin’

And I don’t want to waste more time

I’m in a new orc state of mind.

It was so easy living day by day

Out of touch with the goblinoid crew

But now I need a little

Meat to taste

A true orc thrives

On flesh to chew

It comes down to brutality

And that’s fine with me

‘Cause I’m so inclined

Don’t care ’cause I’m Chao-

-tic Evil aligned

I don’t need any reasons

To torture what I find

I’m in a new orc state of mind

Oh yeah

It was so easy living day by day

Out of touch with the goblinoid crew

But now I need a little

Meat to taste

A true orc thrives

On flesh to chew

Whoaa-oooh

It comes down to brutality

And that’s fine with me

‘Cause I’m so inclined

Don’t care ’cause I’m Chao-

Tic Evil aligned

I don’t need any reasons

To torture what I find

I’m in a new orc state of mind

I’m just takin’ a Hell Hound

down the dungeon’s steep decline

‘Cause I’m in a…

I’m in a new orc…

State of…

MIND!

Yeah, yeah.

There you have it. Somewhat tempted, but have refrained from, recording a vocal version. A slightly more serious, though still musically inclined blog post, to come soon.